JOVIAL
(Jule's Own Version of IAL) A version of {IAL}
produced by Jules I. Schwartz in 1959-1960. JOVIAL was based
on {ALGOL 58}, with extensions for large scale {real-time}
programming. It saw extensive use by the US Air Force. The
data elements were items, entries ({record}s) and tables.
Versions include JOVIAL I ({IBM 709}, 1960), JOVIAL II ({IBM
7090}, 1961) and JOVIAL 3 (1965). Dialects: {J3}, {JOVIAL
J73}, {JS}, {JTS}.
Ada/Jovial Newsletter, Dale Lange :1 (513) 255-4472.
[CACM 6(12):721, Dec 1960].
(1996-07-19)